 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 lapas
...lets his thoughts wander, in his letter to Jonson from the country, — ' What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle name, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit into... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 lapas
...Beaumont lets his thoughts wander in his letter to Jonson from the country : "What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Leigh Hunt - 1855 - 444 lapas
...like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What thingc have we seen Done at the Mermaid !' heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | 1855 - 604 lapas
...Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns ? . . . . " What things have we seen r H so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | M. A. Thomson - 1856 - 318 lapas
...raillery, exalted by the power of genius, predominated over abstruse discussion. " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his wit in a jest,"... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1856 - 34 lapas
...Beaumont to " rare Ben " on this inn, but they wiH ever bear repetition — What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came, Had mean'd to put his whole wit... | |
 | John Selden - 1856 - 314 lapas
...and Jonson took place, thus alluded to by Beaumont in his letter to Jonson : What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1856 - 602 lapas
...leisure. Who does not know Beaumont's lines on this paragon of taverns? . . . . " What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 lapas
...No matter by what means. FRANCIS BEAUMONT. 1585-1616. Letter to Ben Jonson. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit... | |
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What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull... 
